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10 Shillings Tiger, Full leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the arms of Somaliland: an eagle displayed surmounted by a balance scale, with a clasped handshake below, the entire device flanked by two full olive or laurel branches forming a wreath. The Somali legend BAANKA SOMALILAND arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The design is contained within a beaded inner border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the Siad Barre government, but has never received formal recognition from any United Nations member state. It nonetheless functions as a self-governing territory with its own currency — the Somaliland shilling — issued independently of the Somali shilling and not internationally convertible. The "Tiger" 10 shilling series draws from the Bank of Somaliland's practice of issuing coins with wildlife themes, partly as a strategy to attract foreign collector interest given the territory's limited domestic coin market.
The "Full leaves" distinction refers to a die variety differentiating this piece from otherwise near-identical strikes in the same series.